"fame. These include Julian Glover, Connie Booth, Ray Winstone, Prunella Scales, Louise Lombard, Ronald Pickup, Norman Wisdom, Charles Gray, John Forgeham, Bernard Hepton and Steve McFadden. The series played heavily on its Jersey location and its supposed Frenchness. The early storylines were usually in and around Jersey, with short scenes shot in England and France. In later episodes the action strayed further away from Jersey, and was increasingly based in France. As Jersey is a small island (nine miles long by five miles wide), most of the filming locations there can be tracked down with ease. Jim Bergerac and Susan"
"7 and 8 of the BBC television series ""An Island Parish"" follows the Anglican priest and Methodist minister on Sark. One of the episodes of ""Bergerac"" called ""Burnt"", was mostly filmed on Sark. Bergerac was a Jersey-based BBC and Australia's Seven Network detective drama starring John Nettles and was filmed between 1981 to 1991. It featured a fight on and over the edge of La Coupée. Sark Sark (; Sercquiais: ' or ') is an island in the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of"
"picked up on the neighbouring coast of the Norman mainland. One of the best known portrayals of Jersey on the small screen was the BBC's crime drama - ""Bergerac"", featuring John Nettles as Jim Bergerac as a policeman in ""Le Bureau des Étrangers"" (a fictional department, based on the real ""Bureau des Étrangers"", for dealing with non-Jersey residents). This was filmed mainly in Jersey, but storylines increasingly moved further afield to England and France. Jersey has two local radio stations, BBC Radio Jersey and Channel 103 The island's patron saint is Saint Helier. The established church is the Church of"
"Island, and the estimated 900,000 tourists who visit Mackinac Island annually by ferryboat pass close by Round Island on their journeys. To Round Island's southeast lies the inhabited island of Bois Blanc. The sole building on the island is the vintage lighthouse Round Island Light, currently under restoration. The ship channel between Mackinac Island and Round Island, lighted by Round Island Light, is called Round Island Channel. Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour can be seen sitting near the lighthouse in the 1980 movie ""Somewhere in Time"" which was filmed primarily on Mackinac Island. The lighthouse is off-limits to anyone who"
"Tengah Island Tengah Island () is a privately owned island in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. It lies nine nautical miles off the coast of Mersing on the South China Sea. It is 30 minutes away by boat from Mersing. Near Besar Island, Tengah Island is 16 km off the coast and is an easy 45-minute boat ride. During the 1970s, the island became famous as a Vietnamese refugee transit camp which was subsequently closed in the early 1980s. The island was the first location for the making of the TV-show Expedition Robinson in 1997. In 1985, Tengah Island was one"
"The Island (1980 film) The Island is a 1980 American action-adventure horror film, directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Michael Caine and David Warner. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Peter Benchley who also wrote the screenplay. It is about a savage group of pirates, made up of outcasts, thieves, and murderers, who are hidden from the outside world by an uncharted Caribbean island, and who have raided boats to sustain themselves, since the 18th century. Blair Maynard is a British-born American journalist who was once in the Navy and who decides to investigate"
"television 1993–98, follows the exploits of three Roman Catholic priests who preside over a parish on Craggy Island off the Irish coast. The reasons for their exile, which are hinted at across several episodes, appear to stem from a mixture of incompetence and embarrassing conduct: Father Dougal McGuire due to his stupidity and incompetence (with particular regard to the ""Blackrock Incident"", which is never further elaborated on, although Bishop Brennan mentions ""the strings I had to pull to stop the Vatican getting involved""); Father Jack because of his alcoholism and implied womanising, which caused severe embarrassment to the Catholic Church"
"Montserrat Montserrat () is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Islands, which is part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies. It is a British Overseas Territory (BOT). Montserrat measures approximately in length and in width, with approximately of coastline. Montserrat is nicknamed ""The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean"" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth. Between"
"Saint Marie (fictional island) Saint Marie is a fictional island in the Lesser Antilles which serves as the setting for the BBC crime drama television series ""Death in Paradise"". Saint Marie is described in Episode 3.3 as a ""pretty island"" that is ""situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea"" and ""one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe"", which would make Saint Marie about in size. It is described in Episode 4.5 as being 70 miles from Martinique. The island is a British Overseas Territory, but was handed over to the British from the French only in the 1970s, so that"
"there was an increase in the number of tuberculosis patients and a sanatorium was set up in Jerejak for victims. On 12 June 1969, the Jerejak Rehabilitation Centre was set as a maximum security prison, hence earning the island the moniker, the Alcatraz of Malaysia. The centre was eventually closed in August 1993. The Jerejak Island situated on a 362 ha island, just 10 minutes away from the hustle & bustle of Penang Island, west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. From there, take a 5 minutes ferry ride to Jerejak Island. Ferry ticket must be purchased from the ticket counter at"
"early settlers on Heron Island, most notably the Pettigrew family, the ship is most often seen on the north side of the island, during the full moon. In a horrifying incident, Mrs. Pettigrew reported to be on her veranda at dusk one summers evening in 1878, when a ghostly figure of a sailor appeared at the corner of the farm house, and reportedly asked her to help him, see to his burns. When she turned away from the figure to run inside, it apparently brushed by her and to her horror she realized he was legless. Victims, both Micmac and"
"the shipwreck, Great Pink Sea Snail, and the construction of the harness for the Giant Lunar Moth were filmed in the bay. The American novelist James A. Michener famously described Marigot Bay as ""The most beautiful bay in the Caribbean."" The all-girl trio Arabesque featured a song ""Marigot Bay"" appearing on the album of the same name in 1980. Marigot Bay Marigot Bay is located on the western coast of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, 3.75 miles southwest from Castries and a short distance from the Saint Lucian National Marine Reserve. It is surrounded on three sides by steep,"
"the show. It was also the setting of the first seasons of the British shows. The island was also rumoured to be the setting of the upcoming third season of ""Australian Survivor"". However, it was later revealed that Samoa would be used as the location for the series. Tiga Island, Malaysia Tiga Island () is one of a group of small uninhabited islands in Kimanis Bay off the western coast of Sabah, Malaysia. The islands were formed on 21 September 1897, when an earthquake on Mindanao caused a volcanic eruption near Borneo. The island is in size and has a"
"that islanders were collaborators. He defended the documentary saying ""There is no possible way you could have avoided collaboration with the occupying power who had power over the civilian population. If you had not toed the line you would have been shot."" This view was supported by local historians and members of the Channel Islands Occupation Society. During the filming of ""Bergerac"", filmed on the island of Jersey, he wrote ""Bergerac's Jersey"" (BBC Books, 1988; ), a travel guide to filming locations in the series. He followed up with ""John Nettles' Jersey: A Personal View of the People and Places"""
"Shepherds of Berneray The Shepherds of Berneray is a 50-minute documentary that aired on UK television in 1981. The documentary revolves around the people on the island of Berneray, North Uist, Scotland, during that time, and how they lived. The show focuses upon the people of Berneray, who had lived on the island for most of their lives, over the course of a year. It was filmed by Americans Allen Moore and the late Jack Shea. The story begins at a croft belonging to Kate Dix; at that time she was the oldest person on the island. They interview John"
"Shepherds of Berneray The Shepherds of Berneray is a 50-minute documentary that aired on UK television in 1981. The documentary revolves around the people on the island of Berneray, North Uist, Scotland, during that time, and how they lived. The show focuses upon the people of Berneray, who had lived on the island for most of their lives, over the course of a year. It was filmed by Americans Allen Moore and the late Jack Shea. The story begins at a croft belonging to Kate Dix; at that time she was the oldest person on the island. They interview John"
"set teams to try to escape the sentient island. The contestants are children who are 11–14 years old. Each series introduces a different number of contestants, new challenges and different storylines. The first series ran on BBC One from 3 September 2007 to 21 September 2007 and was presented by Caroline Flack and Reggie Yates and filmed in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. Series Two premiered on 28 September 2008 on BBC Two and on 3 November 2008 on ABC1. It was hosted by JK and Joel and was filmed in Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia in 2008. Series Three premiered on"
"of different age groups, while in the fifth series, the two groups were of different income levels. For the first series, the participants had to survive for one month. For the second series, this was extended to six weeks. On 23 May 2014, it was announced that ""The Island"" had been recommissioned for a second series to air in 2015. In the second series, the men and women were featured on separate episodes on consecutive nights each week. The first series was filmed on an uninhabited Pacific island, Isla Gibraleón, which is one of the Pearl Islands off the coast"
"Bear Island (film) Bear Island is a 1979 Anglo-Canadian thriller film loosely based on the novel ""Bear Island"" by Alistair MacLean. It was directed by Don Sharp and starred Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee and Lloyd Bridges. A UN expedition of scientists from different countries come to barren arctic Bear Island, between Svalbard and northern Norway, to study climate change. However, several of them turn out to be more interested in the fact that (according to the film) there was a German U-boat base on the island during the Second World War. American scientist Frank Lansing (Donald"
"older charts, Pelican Island is referred to as Witch Island, as is Flanagan Island. This confusion may be connected to a pre-1977 lack of clarification as to whether Flanagan formed part of the Danish (now US) islands, or the British Virgin Islands. Pelican Island (British Virgin Islands) Pelican Island is an uninhabited island in the southwestern corner of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located immediately north of Norman Island, southwest of Peter Island. It is east of Flanagan Island in the southeastern corner of the US Virgin Islands. The rocky cliffs on the south-western face of"
"office. Bear Island (film) Bear Island is a 1979 Anglo-Canadian thriller film loosely based on the novel ""Bear Island"" by Alistair MacLean. It was directed by Don Sharp and starred Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee and Lloyd Bridges. A UN expedition of scientists from different countries come to barren arctic Bear Island, between Svalbard and northern Norway, to study climate change. However, several of them turn out to be more interested in the fact that (according to the film) there was a German U-boat base on the island during the Second World War. American scientist Frank Lansing"
"the parish priest at Castlebay. A sixth series was filmed by Tiger Aspect during the Spring and Summer of 2011 on the islands of Barra and South Uist. The seventh series, set in Sark and broadcast in 2013, ran for 6 episodes. The eighth series, set again in Sark and broadcast in 2014, ran for 6 episodes. The ninth series, set in the Falkland Islands and broadcast in 2015, ran for 6 episodes. The tenth series, set again in the Falkland Islands and broadcast in 2015, ran for six episodes. The eleventh Series was set in the Shetland Islands and"
"into a vacation resort property and were eventually renamed Mission Point Resort in 1987. Some Mission Point properties, such as the theater, sound stage, and one of the classrooms, served as filming locations for the 1980 film ""Somewhere in Time"" starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. The resort was featured on the Syfy cable television series ""Ghost Hunters"" in the sixth episode of season seven, originally airing on March 30, 2011. Named ""Frozen in Fear"", the episode wrapped up filming on the last available day of ferry transportation to the island due to the encroaching winter ice. Mission Point (Mackinac"
"age in 1935), had already moved to the island earlier the same year with his wife. A third series was confirmed to be in production by writer Simon Nye at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on 8 April 2017. He described the third series as having ""some exotic new animals"", and that production would begin in three weeks' time, upon Keeley Hawes's arrival in Corfu for filming. It is set in 1937. Reception to the first episode was positive, with Gerard O'Donovan (""The Telegraph"") calling it ""a series that's not only sun-drenched and liberating, but also catches its"
"the war. Augustus Agar was awarded the Victoria Cross while stationed on the island and detailed his experiences in his book ""Baltic Episode"". In the Second World War, the island was occupied by the British Army. The 1979 Children's Film Foundation film ""Black Island"", produced by Kingsgate Films and directed by Ben Bolt, was shot on and around the island. The film is about two young castaways who are captured by escaped convicts on the island and their subsequent escape attempts. Both the 1989 television adaptation of Susan Hill's novel ""The Woman in Black"" and the 2012 film adaptation of"
"fighter aircraft squadrons stationed at Butterworth Air Base circa 1980s. Those islands are Telor Island and Song Song Island. Bidan Island Bidan Island is a small island off the coast of Yan, Kedah, Malaysia. Located 17 nautical miles north from Penang, the island was used by Australian Defence force personnel and families from Butterworth/Penang as a holiday retreat for a week or two in the 1970s and 1980s, with little to no contact with the outside world, except by two-way radio. Access was generally via boat from Penang Island. One or two islands to the north of Bidan Island were"
"Studios in London. The series begins in 1935, when Louisa Durrell suddenly announces that she and her four children will move from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu. Her husband has died some years earlier and the family is experiencing financial problems. A Homeric battle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island which, despite a lack of electricity, proves that Corfu is cheap and an earthly paradise. A degree of artistic licence is employed: in the TV series, the family move to Corfu together, whereas in real life Lawrence Durrell, the eldest child (23 years of"
"events of the Second World War. The novel sold over 8 million copies. ""Bear Island"" was adapted to film in the 1980 movie directed by Don Sharp and starred Donald Sutherland, Richard Widmark, Vanessa Redgrave, and Christopher Lee. The film was shot in Canada and Alaska, and the scenery bears little resemblance to Bear Island. Furthermore, the plot and characterization of the novel were greatly altered by the scriptwriters, to the point of changing the name of the protagonist from “Marlowe” to “Lansing”. Bear Island (novel) Bear Island is a thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Originally published in"
"The Coral Island (TV series) The Coral Island is a children's television series, adapted from the 19th-century novel The Coral Island by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. The series of 9 episodes was a joint production of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Thames Television. It was filmed on location in the western Samoan village of Salamumu and then on the Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland coast in 1981. The series was first broadcast in Australia on ABC-TV on 6 January 1983. The story, set in 1840, centers on 3 boys from England and their struggle for survival when they are"
"Great Bernera Great Bernera (), often known just as Bernera () is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over , it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island. Great Bernera lies in Loch Roag on the north-west coast of Lewis and is linked to it by a road bridge. Built in 1953, the bridge was the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Europe. The main settlement on the island is Breaclete (Gaelic: ""Breacleit""). The island, under the name of ""Borva"", was the setting for ""A Princess of Thule"" (1873) by the Scottish novelist"
"small church. It and was founded in 1991 according to meet the growing demands for various types of worship on the island. The 2006 film ""Stormbreaker"" (starring Ewan McGregor) was filmed on Port Erin beach; the town has also been used by various production companies including the BBC whose serialised drama ""The Ginger Tree"" was filmed at the railway station in 1989, and the cinematic adaptation of ""Five Children & It"". An episode of the BBC documentary marking 20 years since the end of steam trains in the U.K. ""The Train Now Departing"" filmed extensive scenes in and around the"
"filming locations. Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing. It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016. The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo. The series returned to film at"
"Friday Island (TV series) Friday Island is a Canadian comedy-drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1963. This Vancouver-produced series was set on the fictional Friday Island in British Columbia where the Granger family has moved from Ottawa to establish a tourist lodge. The Granger parents (Lillian Carlson, Walter Marsh) and their sons Stephen (Mark de Courcey) and Tadpole (Kevin Burchett) were joined by Grandpa (James Onley), Aunt Sophie (Rae Brown) and Aunt Vi (Mildred Franklin). The Grangers were joined by other residents such as young Boomer (Reagh Cooper). Archie (Robert Clothier) and Barbara Tremain (Niki"